The interactive getting started section does a great job of guiding you through the majority of the setup process. All the pages feature a detailed tutorial and also have tool-tips you can hover over for a quick explanation.

We'll be highlighting the settings in the required sections that you'll need to complete to progress to the next stage.

Note: Remember to click the blue "save" button in the bottom-right corner every time you finish filling out a page.

1. Confirm that your Default Time Zone is correct. If you have a myallocator account, make sure the time zone settings in each match.

Note: Mismatched time zone settings can cause bookings to be displayed with the wrong check-in time or even date so this setting is very important.

2. Confirm your default currency. If you have a myallocator account, make sure that the settings in each match one another and also those used on your distribution channels.

Note: Mismatched currencies can cause rate discrepancies and also result in mischarging customers.

If you don't have a myallocator account, one will be created for you in the distribution setup stage.

3. Select whether to allow additional bookings even when your property is at full occupancy. We reccommend you leave this inactive by default. If you do enable it, however, be aware that you are at a significant risk of overbookings.

4. Select whether you activate the Auto No Show, if active, it means that all the reservations that are not checked in the system, will have the status changed to No Show automatically.

5. Select whether you activate the Auto-Assign, if active, it means that all the reservations will be automatically assigned to the available place in your calendar one by one. In case you need to re-assign the room, you can easily drag and drop this booking in the calendar.

6. Select whether you activate the Auto Check out Extension, if active, it means that the reservations that have not been changed to checked out status will be automatically extended by the system.

Click on the blue save button in the lower right hand corner when finished.

The general profile section includes your basic property info and what customers will see on mybookings. We'll be going through each of the settings here briefly, but you can always read more about this section in the knowledge base.

Make sure your property type is correct.

Write a description for your property, this will appear on your mybookings page, so make sure it's good!

Upload some images for your property. These will be used on your mybookings page.

Keep in mind that this is the information that will be available on your booking engine, so you may not want to have your personal phone number, email address or full name listed as a contact and be visible for your guests.

Correctly creating accommodation types is one of the most vital settings for your property. This affects your mybookings account as well as the inventory and availability of your distribution channels if you use our channel manager. There are additional customization settings available on this page, but we'll be going over just the basic steps.

Once your accommodation types have been created, it's time to add add your rates. This section allows you to quickly control what prices are displayed for each room type based on the date. On this page you may include the base rates for any period, including specific days of the week and minimum or maximum length of stay limitations. These are the standard rates for your rooms and the only rates that are sent to your distribution channels.

Note: Per-person rates are used for customizing your mybookings engine and are not sent to your distribution channels. To allow the greatest level of flexibility, myfrontdesk sends out a standardized Best Available Rate across all your channels. This helps ensure a consistent sync with your multiple OTAs.

You may use Availability Matrix or Base Rates section in order to setup the prices. This is totally up to you.

Choose a minimum and/or maximum length of stay required to make a reservation.

Closed to Arrival/ Departure settings are used to prevent guests from arriving or departing on specific dates within the range. This is particularly useful when combined with the other rate restrictions.

Select the days you want to set a rate for. Not selecting a day within this range will restrict you from being able to sell inventory on those days unless there is a different interval for only those days added. Create the prices.

Click the blue "Add Interval Button"

Once you have added all rate intervals for your accommodations, click on the blue "SAVE" button in the bottom right corner.

Do your rates include any taxes or fees? If you are planning to connect to any channels, you'll want to make sure your taxes and fees are consistent across myfrontdesk and all of the channels.

If all of your taxes and fees were already included in the total room rates you added, then you do not need to fill this out.

Example: If you enter a rate of $100 and do not set up any, the guest will pay $100 because all taxes and fees are included in the rate.

If your taxes and fees were not included in the total room rates you added, then you will need to fill this out.

Example: If you enter a rate of $100 and set up a tax of 10%, the guest will pay $110. This is because all taxes and fees are not included in the rates you have entered. Your 10% tax has been added to the rate.

In case you have already created your taxes/fees in the system, please make sure to configure your them to the direct and/or third party sources in order to get them applied automatically once the reservation comes into the system. The detailed instructions are provided in this article : Reservation source specific taxes and fees .